Fresh Blood: Juniors that Stand Out Among Recent IPOs
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (6/5/12)
"Share price hardly serves as a litmus test to intriguing junior stories. And a few juniors stand out among the latest mineral exploration IPOs in terms of exploration and exploration teams behind them." More >

US Mint Coin Sales Rebound in May
Source: MarketWatch, Tatyana Shumsky  (6/5/12)
"The Mint sold 53,000 troy ounces of gold American Eagles coins in May, more than double the 20,000 troy ounces sold in April." More >

Intermarket Analysis Applied to Gold, Gold Stocks and Bonds
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (6/5/12)
"The precious metals complex has put in a bottom and an ensuing peak in bonds would not only confirm the bottom but would add fuel to the rebound." More >

A Long Case for Coal: Nick Hodge
Source: Nick Hodge, Energy & Capital  (6/5/12)
"With natural gas at a 10-year low and facing environmentalist opposition, domestic coal stocks are at their lowest levels in years." More >

Who Will Be the Next Key Oil and Gas Supplier?
Source: Tasmin Carlisle, Platts  (6/5/12)
"International petroleum companies have found the last frontier for onshore oil and gas exploration, and they are hustling to develop energy infrastructure." More >

Study: Fracking Emissions Are 50% Lower than EPA Estimate
Source: Steve Everly, Energy InDepth  (6/5/12)
"The bigger story is that these substantially lower emissions estimates demonstrate how committed the industry is to reducing environmental impacts, even without new regulations." More >

Forget the Financial Crisis, It's Food You Should Be Worried About
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (6/5/12)
"With the world's population growing ever more rapidly, uranium and potash should be on every investor's radar screen." More >

Golden Days Ahead: Dave Kranzler
Source: Peter Byrne of The Gold Report  (6/4/12)
Savvy investors and central banks in Asia are accumulating physical gold, the most stable form of value. In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Dave Kranzler, founder of Golden Returns Capital, contrarian gold investor and newsletter writer, shares his investment outlook and explains what he looks for when investing in gold miners poised to profit from economic turbulence. More >

Royalty Firms Could Spur Junior Miner Deal Bonanza
Source: Reuters, Euan Rocha  (6/4/12)
"With the recent pullback in precious metal prices and slumping stock markets, royalty firms could be the saviors for small and mid-tier miners who are eager to grow but strapped for capital." More >

Hong Kong-China Gold Imports Hit Record
Source: Financial Times, Leslie Hook  (6/4/12)
"China's gold imports from Hong Kong, a proxy for overseas buying, set a record in November for the fifth consecutive month as demand from the world's largest gold consumer continued to defy expectations." More >

China to Impose Rare Earth Tax
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb  (6/4/12)
"China is looking to tightly control the sale and production of rare earth minerals by instituting a new tax, even as it pursues a national rare earth reserve to stabilize prices." More >

It's Time to Take Advantage of the REE Dip
Source: Carl Delfeld, ETF Daily News  (6/4/12)
"I believe it's time to take advantage of this sharp pullback and make a value-driven move on rare earth stocks." More >

EU Policy Makers Urged to Tap into REE Supplies
Source: Rare Earth Investing News, Adam Currie  (6/4/12)
"Rare earth metals in European and Nordic countries have the potential to save the region's automobile and electronics industries from uncertain imports and predesignated quotas." More >

Worst. May. Ever.
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (6/4/12)
"Not many MLPs were immune to this value destruction, so these stats might help you realize that if your portfolio was only down 5% including distributions, you have chosen wisely." More >

Italian Gov't Plans to Amend 2010 Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Ban: Senator
Source: Alina Trabattoni, Platts  (6/4/12)
"The planned changes would aim to boost local production of oil and gas, which has declined at a time when energy imports have become increasingly costly and vulnerable to disruption." More >

Autologous Immunotherapy Updates at ASCO Further Define Antitumor Immune Responses
Source: Patricia Dimond, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News  (6/4/12)
"Accumulating clinical and immunologic evidence presented at this year's ASCO meeting moved autologous cancer therapeutics further toward meeting the need for less-toxic therapies." More >

Major Improvement in Gold's Interim Outlook
Source: Clif Droke  (6/3/12)
"The 10-month price oscillator for gold, which measures how overbought or oversold gold is, registered its first 'oversold' reading since the bottom of the credit crisis in late 2008." More >

FSRUs: The Leading Edge of the LNG Market
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin  (6/3/12)
"Floating Storage and Regasification Units cost less than half the cost of an onshore facility. The benefits to Japan now, which is in a proverbial 'space race' to meet its electricity needs, are that they can be ordered, made and delivered in 2–3 years, versus 5–7 years for an onshore import terminal." More >

You Need a Strategy for These Uncertain Times: Here's Mine
Source: Kent Moors, Oil & Energy Investor  (6/2/12)
"Red ink is splattering across the investment markets today. Paltry new jobs figures (69,000 new jobs, less than half of what was expected) have combined with the ongoing mess in Europe and lagging figures from China to sap investor confidence. This latest action will further depress oil prices, as the rash of bad news translates into even more knee-jerk projections of reduced demand." More >

All Hail! Grade Is King Again for Junior Gold Stocks
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (6/1/12)
"A number of gold juniors are looking to make their projects more palatable—and generate far quicker payback for investors—by decreasing their scope and/or focusing on higher grades." More >

Precious Metals and Miners Beginning to Outperform General Markets
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (6/1/12)
"Recently, the gold and silver miners have been outperforming the S&P 500, indicating that we may be seeing the rotation from overvalued equities into the undervalued miners." More >

The Myths and Realities of a Gold Standard
Source: Terry Coxon, Casey Research  (6/1/12)
"The gold standard is now within the living memory of just a few million Americans, nearly all of whom would be dangerous behind the wheel. But thanks to money printing and federal deficits, the idea of a gold standard has resurfaced in the public's consciousness." More >

Is the Market at a Historic Turning Point? Top Watchers Say. . .
Source: Streetwise Reports Editors  (6/1/12)

Legendary Dow Theory Letters Writer Richard Russell issued a big bear warning May 27. In a special early alert for his subscribers, he announced that his analysis of the April to May activity on the Dow Jones Industrials showed the continuation of a primary bear market that started on October 9, 2007. "We are now dealing with the latter part of the primary bear market. . .subscribers should now follow a course of utmost caution," he said. "As for gold, I think it will be under pressure for a while, but before this bear market is over, gold will embark on a major bull move. The current correction in gold will test every goldbug's nerves," he added.

The Gold Report asked other market watchers for their interpretations of the numbers and the impact these trends could have on the price of gold and gold equities. Their responses reflected their unique perspectives. More >

The Ultimate Gold Bull Peter Grandich vs. The Muted Bear Steve Palmer
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (6/1/12)
Is gold preparing for another shot up to $2,500/ounce heights or on the way down after being overbought? In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, two respected names in the investing world share their arguments for what could happen in the coming years and how to profit from it. Financial Adviser Peter Grandich predicts a lot more upside while AlphaNorth Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Steve Palmer has a more cautious outlook on the shiny metal. Where are you putting your money? More >

The Golden Wealth of Turkey
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (6/1/12)
"When I talk about the Love Trade, India and China are frequently discussed since the two countries have been dominating world jewelry demand. Turkey's love for gold, though, cannot be overlooked, as an estimated 5,000 tons have been accumulating in people's homes for years." More >